From Ecclesiastes 5-8 The passage reminds us about being overly righteous. Are you more concerned about your appearance in front of others rather than before God? In the gospel Jesus is well aware the overt [ Read More … ]
From Ecclesiastes 9-12 Today’s passage speaks about the common fate shared by all. How we live does not necessarily affect what will happen to us. Solomon is speaking about death. This great truth is reflected [ Read More … ]
From Ecclesiastes 1-4 Ecclesiastes is very similar to Proverbs in some respects. The material wanders around a bit. Overall it questions the purpose of life. Life is vain, without purpose. People live and die. There [ Read More … ]
From Ecclesiastes 9-12 The Preacher ends with some final comments. While a large amount of what he has said through Ecclesiastes questions the value of life, he gives some helpful instructions at the end. This [ Read More … ]
From Ecclesiastes 5-8 The Preacher continues his description of wisdom, toil and life. He still has the same theme of ‘striving after the wind’ and nothing changes under the sun’. But occasionally he has words [ Read More … ]
From Ecclesiastes 1-4 Today we start Ecclesiastes. The Preacher begins on a sober note. The significant motif of the book raises the question about the meaning of life. To a significant extent the answer he [ Read More … ]